#8c23be

Color #8c23be

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 4.69 Nearest Tailwind class purple-700 #8200db · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#8c23be

RGB

rgb(140, 35, 190)

HSL

hsl(280.6, 68.9%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280.6, 81.6%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 81.6%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(38.72, 65.01, -59.59)

LCH

lch(38.72, 88.19, 317.49)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.225, 311.31)

HWB

hwb(280.6, 13.7%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55be23

Analogous

#3e23be

#8c23be

#be23a3

Triadic

#8c23be

#be8c23

#23be8c

Split-complementary

#8c23be

#a3be23

#23be3e

Tetradic

#8c23be

#be2355

#55be23

#23be8c

Square

#8c23be

#be3e23

#55be23

#23a3be

Shades

Color #8c23be mixed toward black.

#751d9e

#5d177f

#46115f

#2f0c3f

#170620

Tints

Color #8c23be mixed toward white.

#a536da

#b75ee1

#c987e9

#dbaff0

#edd7f8

Tones

Color #8c23be mixed toward gray.

#8730b1

#833da4

#7e4a97

#7a578a

#75647d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.1:1

White text reads better on this background (6.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6da9 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#7378a3 · ΔE 23.6

Tritanopia

#899590 · ΔE 37.4

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 29.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8c23be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8c23be]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8c23be (#8c23be) is rgb(140, 35, 190) in RGB.

No, #8c23be is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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